I have a 08 srv and having a hard time finding information on the pear ferro fretboard.. does it need to be oiled?

Do a search for pau ferro. It's most likely to be a lot like ebony. Cleaning it with Lemon oil when you feel like it's needed. The word is that it requires less care than rosewood. It depends on how much use it gets.

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Treat it like any other rosewood board, oil it every 6 months if you want. I don't bother oiling mine. I just "clean it" to remove any dirt not to actually oil the board. I figure the sweat itself will keep it nice and lubed.

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I'd be interested to hear what people think of Pau Ferro as a fretboard material? I know at least one replacement parts manufacturer offers it on their necks.

I build mainly classical guitar since 30 years+, so I'm not electric expert. I already used pau ferro for bridge and was liking the sound. Right now I'm still using it to laminate my spanish cedar neck. It is pretty much stiff and can be stiffer than many rosewood like indian, madgascar, but maybe not more than some brazilian, and can't beat hondurian which is not really far from ebony. Pau ferro has little open pores which is really nice but it is not imo the most attractive looking wood, but can do very stable fingerboard since easy to get well quarter sawn and tight grain and which can be very stiff. The last thing is about any traitment over the fingerboard, I never did and/or recommended to put anything over a fingerboard. The fingers moisture and natural oil is far enough to build up kind of protection if anyones are affraid to have none, and any build up should be avoided if you want to keep yours strings alive for a longer period. Mostly any wood can be polish to get a nice shine without the use of any kind of oil or stuff to muck up the surface.
Well that is my way to go and I know that some may disagree!

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Thanks for the info. Very interesting to hear also how the the different varieties of rosewood compare with each other. The Indian stuff many manuacturers use these days seems very porous, I imagine not many people use Brazilian/honduran rosewood these days because of it scarcity.

I'm quite interested in unusual fretboard woods; must be a fretboard nerd eh? I'd be interested to hear about other interesting and attractive options for facing a neck with!

Thanks for the info!